ioLight, creator of the world’s first high-resolution portable microscope, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent 10,254,523 B2 entitled ‘Digital Portable Microscope’ to the UK-based company. The focus of the patent is the microscope’s unique folding feature, making it compact and light enough for in-the-field use, whilst still […]
Inverted microscope launch, May 2019 We are pleased to announce an inverted version of our microscope, expanding our range of compact, high-resolution instruments. Our initial products have the optical system viewing the solid or liquid sample from above. These microscopes are robust, highly portable and powerful enough to view individual cells. They have been used […]
ioLight has been working hard with our Latin America partner Corpavet to sell our portable, high-resolution microscopes to Colombia, Mexico and right across Latin America. Corpavet specialises in aquaculture and veterinary applications but is also very happy to support wider applications. Full details at www.corpavet.com follow Corpavet @corpavet
How do you focus a microscope with no knobs? In our new video, Andrew explains how to focus the Magnificent Mobile Microscope and get a great image in a couple of minutes. https://youtu.be/Q9HHkjjvd_g Laboratory microscopes have expensive and elaborate focusing mechanisms and XY stages that make it easy for an expert to get a great image. […]
It was an enormous privilege to meet members of the British and Dutch Royal Families the ioLight microscope with Their Majesties the King and Queen of The Netherlands and Their Highnesses the Earl and Countess of Wessex at the Netherlands UK Innovation showcase yesterday as part of the Dutch State Visit to the UK. The conversation […]
Fish expert, Bill Manci, Fisheries Technology Associates, Inc. A new product has entered the aquaculture marketplace that, potentially, could revolutionize fish disease diagnostics and live feed identification in the field or tank-side. As a longtime aquaculture consultant, I am very familiar with conventional approaches to collection and visual analysis of potentially diseased tissues, and viewing of […]
Mathematicians at Cambridge University have used images from an ioLight field microscope to spot intestinal parasites, reducing drug overuse and increasing farm profitability. Intestinal parasites are a growing problem in many animals including horses, cattle, pigs, sheep and chickens. These parasites cause illness and even death in infected animals and reduce the farmer’s productivity. Up […]
Royal Veterinary College calls ioLight for back up in CSI probe ioLight has pleasure in inviting you to the Royal Institution, London, on Wednesday 11th October to see the Royal Veterinary College’s evening of Animal CSI: What, how, when? The world renowned Royal Veterinary College will be using the ioLight microscope to help present the […]
Hopefully by now you know that ioLight is on stand 607 at the greatest festival of ideas in the known universe! New Scientist Live takes place from Thursday 28th September to Sunday 1st October at ExCel in London docklands. But how do you get free tickets for New Scientist Live? Simple! All you have to […]
Vets use parasite testing at the yard to save money and protect horses New Forest Equine Vets are using the ioLight portable high resolution microscope to offer horse owners an on site worming service. Parasites like red worm and tapeworm are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs. If animals are not treated correctly the parasite eggs build […]
ioLight has invented a portable microscope, with a resolution of better than 1μm, which produces beautiful pictures of animal and plant cells and displays them directly onto your tablet or mobile phone.
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